Fareed Zakaria points out that fears “over Egypt’s imagined future are drawing American eyes away from the actual problem in Egypt: military dictatorship”:
- Egypt’s Real Parallel to Iran’s Revolution (Washington Post)
Muslim Brotherhood (MB) spokesman says, “We have good feelings towards the Western countries. What I’m searching for is better feelings from the Western countries,” and the MB seeks neither the presidency nor any cabinet position and would respect the treaty with Israel …
- Egypt End Game (abc News)
… but the MB may withdraw from the talks because lest concessions on Mubarak’s departure drive a wedge between it and the young instigators of the revolt …
- Egypt Protests: Muslim Brotherhood’s Concessions Prompt Anger (Christian Science Monitor)
- Muslim Brotherhood Reconsiders Talks (Financial Times)
… Meanwhile, the Egyptian Cabinet tries to derail the revolution by expanding preferential treatment to lower level agents of the state:
“Addressing Mubarak, the [Coptic] priest called out, ‘Our churches were attacked when you were in power. Now that there are no police in the street and we have revolution, our churches are safe, our people are safe”:
He “doesn’t eat pork, but he still likes barbecue; and he was the lead in his school’s Christmas play”:
If he really “followed the Islamic faith” he wouldn’t have been “a regular at the bar” drinking with his attacker:
- St. Petersburg Man Accused of Hate Crime, Stabbing Muslim (Tampa Bay Online)
In Iran, the defense is optimistic even as “anti-Americanism reaches ‘fever pitch’”:
- Iran Kicks Off Espionage Trial of US Hikers (Christian Science Monitor)
… while in California,
Are Iraq and Kuwait (but not Syria) next?
- Iraq Swirls with Rumors of Egypt-like Protests to Come (Christian Science Monitor)
- Kuwaiti Interior Minister Resigns over Custody Death (BBC)
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